Nicolas Jaar: ‘I’m never going to sign for a major label,’ says the underground electronica prodigy

Indie cult phenomena and critics favourite, Nicolas Jaar has some distinctly old-fashioned ideas about art and integrity. “I’m never going to sign with a major,” he explains, “Period. [My label] Clown & Sunset is never going to be a subsidiary. Money can be very harmful – more harmful to an artist than praise – and if the money’s going into the work, I think that’s more healthy, for me.”